“Hills like White Elephants” By Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway born in 1899‚ in Cicero‚ Illinois‚ served in World War 1‚ worked in journalism before publishing his story collection In Our Time. Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for writing four novels‚ The Sun Also Rises‚ A Farewell to Arms‚ For Whom the Bell Tolls‚ and The Old Man and the Sea‚ in 1954 he became a Nobel Prize winner. Hemingway was raised in the suburb of Chicago but he and his folks spent most of their time in Michigan. He
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Having a baby can be the most important decision a couple can have. In “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway‚ a couple indirectly talks about whether or not they should have an abortion. Both of the partners are very vague in talking about their opinion on the situation. In Hills like White Elephants‚ Hemingway uses symbolism of the hills‚ it and white elephants to help explain the couple’s opinion on the baby and the situation. Instead of calling the unborn child a baby or saying the
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Throughout his work “Hills Like White Elephants‚” Ernest Hemingway uses symbolism and condensed metaphors to sensationalize the power‚ yet subtleness of the main theme: happiness. While the title does not blatantly represent the characters pursuit of happiness‚ the simile used in the title does epitomize Hemingway’s writing style as well as the diverse use of symbolism throughout the narrative. Hemingway uses this symbolism to convey the unspoken thoughts and emotions of the characters and the ultimate
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Ernest Hemingway – Hills Like White Elephants According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ a white elephant has a more figurative meaning: "A burdensome or costly possession. Also‚ an object‚ scheme‚ etc.‚ considered to be without use or value." It’s easy to see how this could be seen in context of an unplanned pregnancy that at least one of the parents wants to terminate. At first when I read through Hemingway’s short story‚ ‘Hills Like White Elephants’‚ I thought that it was merely a conversation
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Section 2028 (8442) 2 March 2014 Hills Like White Elephants In Ernest Hemingway’s‚ “Hills Like White Elephants‚” a couple in a foreign country are debating the girl getting an abortion while drinking beer and waiting for a train at a train station. Throughout the short story written in Hemingway’s iceberg method‚ one can see how strongly each party feels about the procedure‚ and the difficulty the couple is facing throughout the bare essential dialogue. Through symbolism‚ repetition‚ and alliteration
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Sand Slides Like Lambs Have you ever looked at the West Elk mountains and seen the lamb in the side of Mt. Lamborn? The reason it is called that is because of the sandy slide that resembles a sheep much like the Cantabrian mountains of Spain resemble white elephants. “Hills Like White Elephants” (1927)‚ written by Ernest Hemingway‚ is about a young‚ unmarried couple‚ the American and Jig‚ who are sitting at a train station in Spain‚ apprehensively discussing an abortion for Jig. The story starts
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Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man is Hard to Find and Ernest Hemingway’s Hills like White Elephants‚ certain characters from each story have an immense effect on the relationships by expressing their egotistical values to their families or significant others. In both short stories‚ the problem is that the characters have a lack of mutual understanding with one another. This is because there is constant bickering
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Nixon Over the Hills and Far Away ! The grass is always greener on the other side. In Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” a young couple contemplates whether or not to carry out an abortion procedure. An American man and a girl‚ Jig‚ debate the procedure over beer while waiting for the express train from Barcelona to arrive at their junction. The train would remain for two minutes before continuing to Madrid. On one side of the train track is a barren ridge of hills‚ arid and brown
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Conflicts in “Hills Like White Elephants” The story begins with a man known as the “American” and his girlfriend sitting at a table outside of a train station. The station is surrounded by hills‚ trees‚ and fields in Spain. The couple is waiting for the next train to Madrid. Throughout the story there is an inner conflict with the girl as well as an external conflict between the girl and the American. They speak of an operation that must be done for them to be happy together. This couple is at a
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The story "Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway is a fascinating story about one couple having faced with an unexpected pregnancy. The theme of the story is about the couple’s decision between life and death. The main character Jig and The American are in disagreements on weather to keep their baby‚ or have an abortion. The couple’s lack of communication creates the conflict in the story. For example‚ Jigs says‚ "We can have all this..." "And everyday we make it more impossible" While
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